Ferrari F310B, Micheal Shumacher

1/20th Scale Ferrari F310B, Michael Shumacher

Modeling Descriptions and Photos

Starting With Wheels
This is a result after I airbrushed two coats of gold acrylic paint. Sometimes it is best to paint when the parts are still intact to the part tree.

Adding Engine Details
Starting with engine, I build each components carefully by looking at the reference photos of the engine. It is not necessary to reproduce every single detail right down to a single electronic wire. Compromise!

Engine Wiring View
More of engine wiring is being done here. I used "Bare Metal-Foil" to cover the exhaust heat shields on the bottom floor. I am building different G.P version of F310b cars and things are coming out very slowly.

The Front Wing Assembly
Today I moved onto an easy task. The front wing assembly! I used semi-gloss black to represent "carbon fiber"-ed area for simplicity in building the front wing.

Putty, Drill, and Sand!
The front monocoque has many joint seams, I performed an extensive "putty" work. The hand drill is also handy when dealing with small things.

The Monocoque and Chassis View
The intake pod is made out of Kavler fiber. It has a distinctive color; bright golden yellow! I mixed yellow and gold (7:3 ratio) to represent this. I also made a custom seat harness and mounted to the seat today.

Checking the Engine Work
The engine detailing process is almost done. I have added many scratch-built items and I am quite satisfied with the level of the engine detail.

Finished Engine Detailing Process
Engine bay details include all the wires; side pot wiring, engine wires, suspension wires, oil hoses, and radiator pipes. For air intake, I decided not to use the after-market Kavler decals (1/20th scale), I was satisfied with custom mixture color and it turned out to be good Kavler replacement.

Completed View
The Marlboro decal adds the realism to the car. The decals were applied and I let them dried for 24 hours. Next day, I mixed a thin mixture of clear coat and airbrushed two coats between 3 hours interval. At the end and all, it took about 50+ hours to build this car over two months of time. The kit is fairly easy to make and this one was no exception.

Completed Side View
The side barge board could be been scratch-built, but I decided to use the parts from the kit. Maybe next kit, I will...

Completed Front View I think the interior of the car came out to be quite nice. I used various shades of black to bring out different panel details.

Completed Overall View
That's it. After 70+ hours of building time and two months of researching the engine pictures from internet, I got myself a decent Ferrari replica! Michael Shumacher's #5 will go along with my other collection #6 Eddie Irvine's.